Preview Changes & Preview Thread for Round 14 vs Melbourne

[Jonts]

You could have a ruckman as a sub
With the idea of all going well you sub out the other ruck
Maybe it's why they gave boak the rest with the niggle? Trying to minimize risk

Get a fresh ruck in at 3qt

 

[Gryllis]

Pretty hard for Whitlock to debut under Ken's dumb you must debut as sub policy. Consistent with his career failing to develop talls, I suppose.

We've gone from 3 KPFs early in the season, to two, and now one plus a second ruck. But so far haven't adjusted the gameplan to reflect that.

Given we're bottom 4 mid-season and have 2 KPFs out long term, the smart play would have been to give Whitlock a taste with Finlayson so he could play as the third tall before winter really set in. There were plenty of opportunities to do that.

Now we'll probably do it out of desperation in a few weeks in a 2 tall setup, really not setting him up for success.

 

[portly]

Whilst previously I saw Sweet as a one-slow-paced ruck, just recently I felt his SANFL efforts have been improved.

I'm not saying he might run and leap for the ball like a gazelle, but maybe .....

 

[JHF1870]

You could have a ruckman as a sub
With the idea of all going well you sub out the other ruck
Maybe it's why they gave boak the rest with the niggle? Trying to minimize risk

Get a fresh ruck in at 3qt

I was wondering how to play the two rucks in wet weather. In dry weather you play both for a full game to take the pressure off Visentini.

Issue is with an early injury in a wet game being possible, unless you use the second ruck as an intercept defender.

 

[JHF1870]

Or he's just struggling through a back injury.

I couldn't help but laugh when I saw Boak casually sipping a red bull on the interchange

 

[240volt]

I was wondering how to play the two rucks in wet weather. In dry weather you play both for a full game to take the pressure off Visentini.

Issue is with an early injury in a wet game being possible, unless you use the second ruck as an intercept defender.

The answer is easy, you don’t play two rucks in wet weather.
Actually you don’t play two rucks full stop in 2025.

 

[JHF1870]

Dixon would have kicked 150-200 extra career goals if he'd stayed at Gold Coast or gone literally anywhere else. He was a gun, he was just ridden into the ground by the stupid gameplan of a stupid coach.

Yes and no

He was injury prone more than anything, and he didn't make the most of his shots. He could have kicked an extra 50 goals easily with better conversion.

We probably needed to spend less time bombing to a pack but that would have given more goals to others and less to him, which probably would have been better overall for the team.

 

[JimmyBC]

Sounds like the flu or the squirts is running through the joint might be a few late outs.

 

[JHF1870]

Sounds like the flu or the squirts is running through the joint might be a few late outs.

Same thing that happened when we played Geelong in the final

 

[b0ydman Jr]

Sounds like the flu or the squirts is running through the joint might be a few late outs.

where'd you hear that?

 

[JUSTWORK]

where'd you hear that?

AFL Zero Hanger

Port Adelaide were forced to rule out one player dealing with a bug.

www.facebook.com

 

[ClintEastwood]

Dixon was elite

Jeez, standards of "elite" sure have fallen since I was a lad.

 

[all seeing eye]

where'd you hear that?

News reporting it, no vaccines at Port. lol

 

[240volt]

News reporting it, no vaccines at Port. lol

Who’s bright idea was that?

 

[all seeing eye]

Who’s bright idea was that?

Only stirring, no conspiracys could be the shts, common cold whatever. We always seem t go thru ths periodcally.

 

[240volt]

Only stirring, no conspiracys could be the shts, common cold whatever. We always seem t go thru ths periodcally.

Ah had the makings of a great story, can you imagine how channel 9 would have run it.

 

[Jonts]

Confident Liddy won't be sub
Just got a feeling

 

[JUSTWORK]

Confident Liddy won't be sub
Just got a feeling

It would be pretty anti-climatic if they did after the air time he's getting on social media.

 

[Willsy10]

We seem to lose more players to illness than any other club.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Didn't someone post here they heard through someone close to Liddy he would be in the 22 (not sub)?

 

[WillemDaDrew]

Sounds like the flu or the squirts is running through the joint might be a few late outs.

Great! So some players have the trotts.

Hopefully they're not fronting up with the Ben keys white shorts then

 

[Steve Dore]

where'd you hear that?

The club has reported it.

"Hinkley returned to the training track on Saturday morning after being a victim of a flu bug that claimed others in the football department and AFL squad at Alberton this week."

Hinkley on two rucks, debutant Liddy and the need for consistency

It is truly one game at a time for Port Adelaide even if there seems a golden opportunity from a three-week run at Adelaide Oval - starting with Melbourne on Sunday.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

 

[FishingRick04]

I've had it, it's shit and gives you the shits

 

[ElectricG]

What’s the go with car parks at AO these days? Cbf with the train tomorrow

 

[Coobk001]

Great! So some players have the trotts.

Hopefully they're not fronting up with the Ben keys white shorts then


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Good old s**tstain himself.